--- title: Daniel 8:5 (JPS 1917) — And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over… · tree and pragmatics description: And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. Who acts: I, he goat, goat. 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The page gives the sentence's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, parsed by Mova and checked by a teacher model — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, he goat, goat), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it. The original of the verse links back to its own tree and to the Targum. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = jps:DAN:242 # text = And as I was considering, behold, a he-goat came from the west over the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 behold behold INTJ UH _ 13 discourse _ _ 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 compound _ _ 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ _ 12 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 over over ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 goat goat NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 conspicuous conspicuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 horn horn NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 between between ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 41 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: kept the draft | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consider** | past · progressive | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | a he goat | | | the west | | over the face of the whole earth | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from west=Initial\_Location over face=Destination | | 3 | **not** **touch** | past | a he goat *not said here* | the ground | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Co-Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | the goat | a conspicuous horn | | | | between ram's eyes | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The Hebrew of this verse {#hebrew} וַאֲנִ֣י ׀ הָיִ֣יתִי מֵבִ֗ין וְהִנֵּ֤ה צְפִיר־הָֽעִזִּים֙ בָּ֤א מִן־הַֽמַּעֲרָב֙ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְאֵ֥ין נוֹגֵ֖עַ בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהַ֨צָּפִ֔יר קֶ֥רֶן חָז֖וּת בֵּ֥ין עֵינָֽיו׃ [Daniel 8:5: the Hebrew tree, its pragmatics →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.8.5/) **Source.** The Holy Scriptures according to the Masoretic Text, Jewish Publication Society, 1917, from eBible.org: public domain. 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